It was a bittersweet night for WA’s teenage talents as John Van Beek missed out on a spot in the top six, while 17-year-old Gisella Colletti lives on to fight for our State’s first-ever Australian Idol crown.
Zach Margolius
Freeze Frame Opera’s Melting Moments mixed songs for the ages with dazzling vocal talents at The Quarry Amphitheatre
David Cusworth
WAAPA-trained tenor Alasdair Kent returns home to play romantic lead Frederic in WA Opera’s The Pirates of Penzance.
"Longest-running band in pop" The Searchers will take the show on the road one final time before retiring with a blast at their first ever Glastonbury gig.
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Black Sabbath guitarist Zakk Wylde hopes frontman Ozzy Osbourne enjoys their farewell show so much, he wants to go back on the road.
Amid controversy over the rapper’s anti-Semitic outbursts and rumours around domestic violence, Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori have unfollowed each other on Instagram.
Matt Shrivell
WA has always been brilliant at producing world beating musicians. Here are five acts set to do huge things in the coming year.
Belle Taylor, Zach Margolius and Kellie Balaam
The new 11-track album from Kojonup’s Old Mervs was released on Friday and flows from cascading guitars to Brit-pop influences to summery 90s west coast alternative rock.
Kellie Balaam
They have gone through a number of line-up changes, but now Ghost Care have settled into their new incarnation as a trio and are embarking on a national tour.
Hip hop artist Kayps was raised on Wu-Tang and OutKast, but his sound is all his own.
Belle Taylor
The Kickons are ready to get the party started.
Australia’s music industry has posted growth for the sixth-straight year in 2024 as consumers spend record amounts despite higher cost-of-living pressures.
Cheyanne Enciso
Yungblud has dropped his first piece of new music for a year, an epic nine-minute rock music-inspired single, Hello Heaven, Hello.
Kneecap’s 2025 tour de force tour is officially up there with Nirvana in 1992 and The Beatles in 1964. Iconic. Unforgettable.
Simon Collins
Thelma Plum is emotional, vulnerable and sometimes she might even cry in public. After years of apologising for simply being herself, the singer-songwriter in finding power in her stories and successes.
Jade Jurewicz
An Australian Bee Gees tribute band are set to bring night fever from Las Vegas to Bunbury
Sofia Fimognari
Will Smith has announced he will release a new album later in March, his first in two decades.
A new documentary film will celebrate 50 years since the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden was formed in Leyton, East London.
The Greens Leader is set to woo young voters with a sold out debut DJ performance, with the Melbourne MP joking “there’ll be train wrecks”.
Jessica Wang
Rakes hold sway at Winthrop Hall for WA Symphony Orchestra in Johann Strauss II’s waltz-themed operetta Die Fledermaus (The Bat).
An Oasis movie produced by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight will be made in conjunction with the band's reunion tour.
Amid growing concern for the well-being of pop superstar Justin Bieber, the star has taken to social media to share a candid message with his millions of fans.
Max Corstorphan
Veteran musician Billy Joel has delayed his tour to give him time to recover from surgery after he was struck down by a mystery medical condition.
